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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1874.
NO. 269
IMPROMPTU*
0| vkU Ih love, or life, to the alok heart and
•ere?
Of whftt Id faino to one who breathes, but hopes
■o more ?
What la the ictldod cage to tho matoleaa song*
S color to the blind ?—anthem to soul bo-
ftl
Joy to fondest heart by earthly sorrows
ok his load of sin to toinple or to feast f
|kt of love divine t Fall w.th thy heavenly
plodding men—their wasted
ilied and
ives renow
unto himself, man threads his weary
M. E. WlKCHKSTKft.
Lieut. Madge’s Aunt.
A Tale of St. Patrick’s
with a cordiality by Mamma, and a gush
ing coyuetw l>y Mademoiselle, th«t prom
ised well for his ultimate share in the for
tunes of the house. The gallant FusiUer
spared no pains to render himself agreea
ble, frequently volunteering to escort tho
ladies to places of entertainmeut where
the entrance fee did not exceed one shil
ling ; or to the theatres upon debenture
orders; or to Kingston pier; or for a
promenade upon the Donnybrook Road.
Mulligan Mndge is a lieutenant in
istinguiMhed militia regiment, known
eufui liiberniau oiroles as tho
nd Fusileers. He is an officer of
ur ability, and oau screw a glass
right eye, lounge upon an outside
gd walk up or dowo Grafton street,
auner at once calculated to attract
on, and to imprssa the vulgar mind
Iduo sense of bis attainments, of
Rtary achievements, and of bis dig-
During the period in which this
regiment is under tvniniug, Lien-
Muiige is a glory to behold, for ho
appswA in the startling radianoe of regi-
moutals, with a huge sword dangling
after Urn, causing a general clatter all
over the street, to tho awe and bewilder
ment of all honest rate-paying burgesses
with whom be may come in contact.
How, Lieutenant Mudge, at the period
of Mm opening of this narrative, wss ex
tremely desirous of improving bis finan
cial position, bis resources being of that
genteel nature kuown as “limited;” and
as he bad no profession but that of a
seoond-baud warrior, and was unable to
e presented Miss Bolgibbie with his
photograph taken in full regimentals, and
she in return blnshiogly banded him her
portrait, taken, injudiciously, in eveniug
dress, a costume in which she displayed
a larger qnautity of collar-bone and a
more uncompromising scragginess than
are conventionally considered beautiful.
Matters wore iu this satisfactory posi
tion, though progressing too slowly for
the ardent Mudge, when the recurrence
of a festival, always held in high esteem
iu Dubliu, served to precipitate the long-
desired crisis.
The seventeenth of March approached,
and with it 8t. Patrick’s day, and the bull
at the “Castle.”
“You are going to Patrick's ball, of
coarse,” observed the lieutenant to Mrs.
Bolgibbie, during one of his visits at ao.
000, Blank streot. “It will not be till the
twenty-fourth of April this year, iu con-
H6qnenoe of the change of Viceroy.”
“Oh, yes, my relative in the Service
wishes me to go, so I shall do so to oblige
him; besides, our set all go, and it's a
pleanaut rendezvous. ”
Mudge waa in raptures. His martial
tunic looked its best at night. Tho sash
was as good as new, and sword-knot re
splendent by gaslight. To Patrick’s ball
be would go in all his splendor, and at
Patrick’s ball he would ask tieropbiun
Bolgibbie to be bis. Had uot a buuk
clerk, at whose bauk Mrs. Bolgibbie kept
her account, confidentially, but darkly,
intimated “it wob all right ?” Yes, the
citadel should be stormed without auy
j his income through the medium
|>Iabor market, he, able strategiut as
RO, perceived at a glance that there
Kfbnt two Hourses open to him by
I he might attain, if not prosperity,
an honorable independence. One
> roads to fortune lay through the
Iry of marriage; the other through
tbalife of an uuut, who possessed three
thymand pounds iu the simple elegance
of tfre tinea per ceuts., in addition to a
Rig “bit o’ land" iu the neighborhood
of me town of Loughrea, upon which she
rSfiHtod, nud whither the gallant liingseud
FusUeer was wont to repair after the dan-
gef* and glories of the auunal training of
the distinguished corps to which he was
attached, in order to recruit bis constitu
tion md I
mao* of
bridge c
SI
J bis pock't.
Mr* Clancy was extremely proud of
rpmriiko kinsman, and indulged the
Imt lieutenant iu auy thing, everything,
i money. She scat him hampers of
fife, hams, and vegetables; she made
him gifts of cheap pocket-handkerchiefs,
bought iu job lots iu Luughrea, of scarfs
and Brummagem pins. She eveu pre
sented him with a suit of garments of the
daooased Clancy, the small-clothes of
Whiali wore constructed of corduroy, but
•he never gnvu him a coin. “Ye’ll have
Hall after I’m gone, Tim,” she would
•fey, npon his earnest application for pe-
ouniary aid, “but not a farden till then—
not a mag, Tim.” Even when she visited
Dublin, the lieutenant's headquarters,
she would not intrust him with the pay
ment of as ranch as a oar fare ; and so far
did aba carry out her views upon the sab-
jeotof coinage control, that oven tho pay-
Pt of the half-penny, to cross the metal
\ over the river Liiluy, was doled
r herself, and she detained the gel-
Pusileer, upon a outting day in Jan-
, for at least five minutes while she
f down a coy sixpence, with numbed
Ebervous fingers.
“ling that it was hopeless to endeavor
v^wVelop Mrs. Clancy r s mineral resonr-
•*1,Lieutenant Madge turned his thoughts
intfte direction of matrimony, and, be
fore be had well decided on bia line of
£ftjjteu, destiny flung a charming girl
gpaaas his path like a rosebud.
|fru. Bolgibbie, tho mother of the
■l&eu in question, was the relict of
jSBsol learned in the law, who had died
of brain fever brought on by consuming
the midnight oil over an impossible case,
leaving Mrs. Bolgibbie disconsolate, with
thru* nuudred a 3 ear, and a daughter, tho
image of her defunct sire; especially
about the nasal orgaD, which was very
red and very bulbous. To this young
creature (ago uncertain), Lieutenant
Mudge was formally presented at a little
evening party, givon by a mutual friend
residing at Buthmines, and having danced
with her is often as circumstances would
permit, experienced the inexpressible sat
isfaction af escorting her and her engag
ing mother to ibeir residence within the
city boundary, and the nnuttersble cha
grin of pfeyieg the cabman double fare ;
for it wsa past (hat honr at which the or
dinary tariff fails to satisfy snd far into
that where funcy prices reigu supreme.
But, had he not made an investment?
Was not that half-crown, composed of
two mouldy shillings, a fuurpeuce, aud
four halfpence, destined to bear golden
fruit? It bad heeu confidentially impart
ed to him that Miss Bolgibbie was in pos-
aoaaion of live hundred per annum, and
this, too, at her own disposal. Here waa
a light towards which to propel bis riokety
bark; here was a harbor of rof age, worthy
the attaining of every nerve to gain, and,
onoain whose smooth water, he coaid
ride ^easnntly at anchor, aud jsalwly snr-
further dels}', and # Miss Bolgibbio and
'" Ur of warl
1 bankrupt billows dashing harm,
lyj.-ij over the breakwater standing be-
twaen him aud financial shipwreck ! Mrs.
Bmtfllbbie was possessed of genteel pro-
aUvtties. Miss Bolgibbie went a step
farther, and spoke of the aristocracy with
thaMasy aud familiar air with which peo
ple apeak of matters of which they know
Uerylittle, but of which they would fain
s know a groat deal. Mrs. Bolgibbie had a
1 * pveiuthe army, to whom ahe con-
kly referred ; but whether the gentle-
adorued the British, French, Ans-
Russian, or Chinese service, no
1 could by any possibility deterra-
1 wben pressed upon the point the
lady .evaded a direct answer in a manner
that refl< cted the highest credit upon her
ingenuity, whilst, at the same time, it ef-
factually closed the inquiry/ Mrs. Bol-
gibMe lived within her means, and os a
aopaeqnrtirn did uot throw mnoh money
away upon the modistes of Dublin. She
indwged iu the winter season in imitation
steMUn, and limp black silk with a
ktefcfc shine npon it, aa though It had
kaMfeMolishod with black-lead. In sum-
MI ahe Hffectod a mysterious fabric con-
) of a compromise between muslin
rege, very cheap, but singularly
.. and, indeed, glittering. Mias
fibbie dressed much after the fashion
E*ront, and sported a quantity of
tomwMuu, gaily relieved by cun-
>4 elaln.ntt* davioea t» ant -«-i
her income should be the spoil
Lieutenant Madge was enjoying break
fast in bed, in an apartmeut directly be
neath the slates, shortly after he had
taken this desperate resolve, when the
elderly female who attended to bis wants,
in addition to those of the other lodgers,
handed him a letter from Mrs. CIQU03’.
A letter from his aunt—what could it
mean ? This was not the period fur ber
visit to the metropolis! Hastily thrust
ing aside the venerable snd battered tray
containing the breakfast things, be tore
open the envelopo, and read as follows:
“Cabbage Rose Villa, Ballyomnlligan,
“Loughrea, April 20th, 1874.
“Dear Nephew :—I have been reading
the life of St. Patrick, and I’d like to do
honor to the holy man’s memory by going
to his ball. Yon oau do as yon like at the
Castle, so could my brother wheu he
oommamlod the fly-boat on the Grand
Caual, so get me an invitation. I’ll be
up on tho 23d, as I see it’s to bo on tho
24th. Meet me at tho Broadstone, 111 u
covered car—I dou’t care for cabR, like
old fashions—at five o’clock. . Take the
same lodgings for me ns I had before,
ueur tho Chapel iu Dominick street, and
toll tho pill to tell Father James I’ll be
wanting him in his box on Friday morn
ing. Lay in a couple of ponnds of sal
mon, as it’s a black fast. I wouldn’t
trust St. Petor, let aloue St. Patrick for
eggs, so I bring my own. Your affec
tionate aunt,
"Many Anne Clancy.
‘P. 8. Have a fire in my bed-room
and soe that it’s lighted early, and tbe
sheets spread ont before it. Tell the girl
to have a bettor toaftting fork, as the last
one burnt my toast.”
Tho warrior bounded from his bed
stead, and utlerod full-flavored language.
Tbe Philistines were upon him. Siubsd,
the sailor, wa9 troubled with the atten
tions of an elderly gentleman ; here was a
son of Mars overwhelmed by those of an
elderly lady. He knew Mrs. Clancy too
well to think that she could bo pat off,
baffled or bamboozled. He had tried that
once, aud her solicitor was in attendance
upon her at an early subsequent date,
with a view to material alterations in her
will. lie had promised to escort tho Bol-
gibbios. He dare not present to these
aristocratic personages a relative who
prououuoed inferior infayrior, aud
doubtful over such words as meat and
heat. What were his chances with Miss
Bolgibbie if she came in conteot with
Mrs. Clancy ? Lieutenant Mudge went
back to bed, and meditated. It would bo
madness to lose tbe substanco for the
shadow, llis aunt must be considered.
». e., her three thousund pouuds iu tho
new threes, boforo everything. If it bad
been an ordinary private entertainment,
he could oasily manage to put her off,
and attend the festival himself, bnt in
this case, bis name and regiment would
appear in print, and all tho waters in the
Grand Cana), which had floated the bark
of Mrs. Clancy’s kiusmau, would fail to
wash him clean. The case was hopeless,
utterly hopeless, and Ihe gallant Mudge
sullenly submitted himself to the Inevita
ble.
The evening of the 23d of April found
the lieutenant moodily awaiting the arri
val of the Galway train at the Broadstone
station of the M. G. W. Railway. Drawn
up beside the platform stood an autique
and obsolete vehicle known as a covered
car, around which a critical but somewhat
tatterod group were gathered, engaged in
discussing its peculiarities. Punctually
the train arrived, bearing with it Mrs.
Clancy and her baggage, aud the wretched
Mudge presently greeting her as became
an heir expectant, landed her safely at
her lodgings. How fondly lie hopod that
the fatigues of the journey might prove
too much for her, that some friendly
draught had seized her, and that one of
those rheumatic attacks, to which she was
occasionally subject, was imminent ! But
no such luck was in store for him. Mrs.
Clauoy was os lively, to uso her owti
words, as a “Boyne salmon,” as she ex
pressed a desire to attend “tbe Castle”
uefore “the candles were lighted,” and
not to leave nntil they were “snuffed
ont.” Mndge made the best exouee he
could think of to the Bolgibbies, arranged
an early rendezvous, and still hoping
against hope, prepared for tbe worst.
There was a soumLof revelry by night,
and Dublin Castle was lighted from moat
(cellar) to turret (garret), au>1 bright
twenty-candle gas sbono o’er fair women,
arrayed in feathers and lappets, and o'er
brave men, attired iu overy description
of uniform, from that of the bullion-
breasted hussars to tbe thoroughly shrunk
en tunic of the balf-pay infantry captain.
But the exterior lights bad other work to
do, especially in the quadrangle, known
as the Upper Castle Yard, for they had to
illuminate the roadway for a very rickety
looking horse and u still more rickety
looking vehicle, from which sprang a
crimson-clad warrior, to be followed after
much “acrooging” and shrill ejaculations
in a female voice, by tbe majestio form
of Mrs. Clancy.
“Ye’ll be back at four, Rafferty,” ob
served Mrs. Clancy to tho oharioteor,”
“and don’t let any abonoou got before
tored the charioteer, as he moved away
under the stern dictum of an energetio
member of tbe force.
Tho Kingsend Fnsileor was in an agony
of terror lest the Bolgibbies should arrive
ere he had time to deposit bis aunt in
some remote recess iu St. Patrick's Holl,
uni earnestly urged that estimable lady
to accelerate her movements. This ap
peal was somewhat necessary, as Mrs.
CUncy wss engaged in curtsying to and
iudulging m a running Are of conversa
tion with such persona as happened to be
within range. “It’ll be a big ball; I never
was hero before. What a splendid stair
case ! I ouiuo all tho way from Loughrea;
ain’t I a courageous woman ? This is me
nephew, me sister’s son. Hia father was
a ganger, and died of a cruel bad attack
of the horrors of drink. Five men
couldu’t hold him iu bed. I hoar the
Lmly-Lieuteuant isn't here. More's the
pity. What regiment do you belong to,
sir ? is it in the horse police yon are ? My
nephew is in the militia—the liingseud
Fusileors. This is him.”
Poor Mudge! how fiercely thy heart
beats beneath thy martial dingineas.
What full-flavored language is hovering
about thy lipa!
The grauit staircase is soarlet-carpeted
aud ornamented with exotics. Ou the
right stauds the state porter eyeing keenly
any new comer, for to him the appear
ance of the habitues is as familiar as that
of the membora of tbe House of Com-
tnous to the wary and vigilant doorkeepor.
1 He known Mudge, aud kludge’s tarnished
raiment, aud he looks askance at Mudge's
aunt. He will know her again. The
staircase, iu addition to tho exotics, is
decoruted with pigeon-breasted guards
men, gutting grimly before thorn from be
neath tho sei rated fringe of their great
bearskius os if ou parade, and beside
these waxwork looking warriors are vice
regal retainers, in bloom-colorod suits out
after the fashion of that snpnlied to one
Oliver Goldsmith a hundred years ago.
The wolls are ornamented with quaiut
devices cunningly constructed of wurlike
appliances, nud wain-scotted upon tho
present occasion by “a thin rod line” of
spruce-looking color sergeants. Mrs.
Clancy’s admiration recoguized no limit;
she apostrophised everybody aud every
thing, aud it was almost by sheer force
that her nephew was enabled to drag her
into St. Patrick’s Hall, and to place her,
much against her will, upon one of the
seats in the upper tier.
“I ain’t going to stick here all night,
Tiui,” she loudly exclaimed, as he was
moving away, “and if you don’t like tube
attentive to me there’s others that will.”
Mudge, mysteriously hinting that mili
tary duties commanded his attention
elsewhere, vanished in the crowd in
search of Mi»s Sorapbina Bolgibbie.
St. Patrick's Ball, in full swing, is a
sight never to be forgotten. The noble
hull bluziog with a thousand lights, and
tho diamonds scornfully flushing back the
glitter in a myriad spnrkles ; tbe brilliant
combination of colors; the uuiforms,
from tho vivid scarlet of tho guardsmen
to the dark green of tho rifle brigade ; the
quaint court dresses, and the beauty of
the fair daughters of Erin, all aid in daz
zling nud charming the eye of the de
lighted spectator. The soft and sensuous
music, now sparkling with the glitb
Offenbach, now wailing with the dreamy
sigh of Strauss, gratifies another sense ;
aud over and above all there is a general
joyonsnosM, and a mirth, savoring more
of tho revelry of the Carnival than of the
cold-blooded pageantry of a court.
Iu accordance with u time-honored cus
tom, the Lord Lieutenant opens the ball
with the Lady Mayoress, with a country
dance, to the inspiring uir of “St. Pat
rick’s Day in the Morning.” His “Ex,”
as he is lumiliurly termed, is followed by
a dozen “amorous palming poppies,” and
their fuir partners, “up aud dowu the
middle,” aud upon tbe present occasion
the Viceroy was footing it away right
merrily, and “humoring tbe tune,” when
a shrill female voice was heard to ex
claim, “Faugh, that’s no dancing, ltonse
tho griddle, man. Foot it. Welt tbe
Hour now, thou heel and toe. Hands
across. Fungh, yer a botch. I'll show
yo how to dunce,” and Mrs. Clancy, for
twos she, descending from her coign of
vantage, made a most determined and
energetic move iu the direction of tho
viceregal set, to tho intense amusemont
of a few, and the ovideut consternation of
tbe many. At this crisis. Lieutenant
Mudge, with Miss Bolgibbie npon
arm, approached tbe dancers, aud the
gallant Fusileer, being anxious to enable
his fair partner to view the terpsiohorean
ever saw. Who is sho ?" and here the in
dignant lady addressed the company gen
erally. “She’s Mary Ann Claney, of Cab
bage Rose Villa, Ballyomnlligan, Lough-
res: that’s who she is. And now, Tim
Mudge, just take me to some place of re
freshment, aud leave that whey-faced
orayture to go back to where she oarne
from.”
Here waa a position for the Uingseud
Funileer.
Tho Scylly of Mrs. Clancy.
The Charybdis of Miss Bolgibbie.
If he deserted the frying-pan, it was
only for the purpose of popping deliber-
10 fire.
ately into the fire. Three thousand iu
the distance. Five hundred a year at
hand. Shadows versus anbatanoe. Mrs.
Clancy possessed religious tendencies of
a very advanoed order, and had frequent
ly hinted that hia eminence Cardinal Cul
len was an extremely sensible man and a
particularly good style of legatee. Miss
Bolgibbie was sufficiently good-looking
and was credibly supposed to have five
hundred per annum, paid quarterly.
The last consideration decided the |
sled warrior.
Taking Miaa Bolgibbies hand and plac
ing it npon his arm, and drawing hitnsolf
up to his fall height—during the execu
tion of which insnaravre two buttons flew
from the dingy tunic—he glared at his
relative, and making her a haughty obei-
'd.
sauco, disappeared in the crowd
LienteuAnt Mudgo will lead Miss Bol
gibbie to the bymenial altar npon au early
date. Mrs. Clancy haa not been consult
ed, and has had several interviews with
ber solicitor.
DON'T BE II A HURRY TO UO.
'omo, Lois, I hive something to toll you;
Uoiuo hero. 1 would whlspor It low :
You’re t htnkhi« of leaving tho homestead;
Don’t be In a hu r ry to go.
The oltv hen ninny attract ors,
But think of the vices an I sins;
You talk ot tho mine* of An«tralla,
They are wealthy In troasure, no doubt;
But ab ! there’s gold In tho (arm, boys,
If only you will nhovol It eut.
The mercantile Itlo ti a hazard.
Tho goods lire first high and then low;
Bott«r risk the old farm a while longer,—
Dou’t be lu a hurry 10 go.
The groat busy Wont has inducements
Ami so the ousy mart;
And wealth is not made in a day, boy*
“ be in n hurry to itart.
id broker nro wealthy,
Tho banker iu.
And take lu their thou Hand ,
Ah! think of their frauds and deceptions,-
Dou’t be lu a Uuriy to go.
But stay on the furm awhile longer.
Though profits uomo In rather slow :
Komcmhur. you’ve nothing to risk, boy*,
Don’t be iu a burry to go.
Lne po,
turn,” said tbe carman, somewhat gruffly.
“Say it’s for Mrs. Clauoy of Loughrea,
Rafferty.”
“The divvls • hair they’ll oare," mut-
iuto tho frout rank, and sncceodod in
“placing" Miss Bolgibbie iu “tho line."
Horror of horrors ! Directly opposite
to him stood Mrs. Clancy, for whom a
very considerable spaco bad been expe
ditiously cleared. Thu excellent lady whh
preparing to “cut in,” and.with a view to
An effective demonstration, waa engaged
in pinning up her skirts in a manner that
disclosed a very muddy pair of side-laced
boots, of ancient pattern and formation,
and a scarlet flannel vestment, which
hung iu graceful folds till it touched the
uppers of the tucdiicval sandals.
“Here, you sir,” sho exclaiuiod, ad
dressing a ferocious looking warrior, who
was glaring at ber ov*-r an iron-moulded
iiiouKtuche, “hold mo fan and gloves, and
I’ll show ye how we dance a country dance
in the West of Ireland.”
One fist was poised iu oir, another sec
ond and it had acted as pioneer to the
rest of her frame, when with a forcible
exclamation Lieutenant Mudge sprang
forward, and forcibly seizing his aston
ished and ind'gnunf relative by the arm,
pushed her frantically into the rear.
‘.‘Tim Mndge," panted tho irate Mrs.
Clancy, “What do ye mean bo this con
duct to yer mother's only sister?”
“Are yon mud, aunt ?” whispered tho
Ringhend Fnsileor.
“Are you m liquor, Tim ?”
“Hush, for Heaven’s soke,” appealed
the wretched Mudgo.
Now it is a well-known fact that te ask
an excited female to moderate her tone is
about the rushest act of which auy man
can be cuj ablo.
Mudgo rushed on his fate.
It impaled him.
“And how dare ye, ye twenty-one day
lieutenant, ye ghoat of a soldier, ye sketch
of a horse-marine, presume to bid mo
hold mo tongue ?”
“Aunt J”
“Don’t aunt mo, sir. Ye’ll find, to yor
cost, I'm not yer aunt. It’s to yer uuele
ye’ll have to go when ye next want pock
et-money !"
Ilero Miss Bolgibbie rejoined lior cav-
ulitir. who wished her—well, it doeau't
matter where—aud Mrs. CUuey, perceiv
ing this interesting young female aidling
up to her nephow, and confidingly plac
ing ber hand upon his arm, immediately,
and with true feminine instinct, tamed
her battery upon the new-comer.
“And who is this minx, I’d like for to
know ? Who is this painted dolly with as
much flour on her face as would give
many a poor child its breakfast, that hugs
yer as if she was yor lawful wife ?”
“Come away,” gasped Miss Bolgibbie,
“from this mad woman. Who is she?”
“Who it she ?” echoed Mrs. CUncy, de
risively ; “she is a lady, and that's more
than you are. She has three thousand
pounds in tho throe per cents. ; that’s
more than all yer family, pat together,
—Fruulfliu said “Public health is pub
lic wealth.”
—Nature says that in England Soienco
is a body without a head.
—Dr. Lyon Playfair says: “The health
of tho country—and that governs the
productive power of its people—depends
us much upon the application of medical
science as the workiug of a machine de
pends upon a good application of me
chanical laws.”
. —Silicious and calcareous rooks are
more commonly brekeu up by chemical
thau by mechsuioal action, but the con
trary is the cose with felspathio aud blulo
rocks. For subaqueous structures sili-
oions stones are generally prcferablo to
those of a calcareous nature.
—The question whether snakes eut
toads is answered affirmatively by a writer
in Hardwick’s, who speaks from direct
observation. Having discovered a garter
annko in a strawberry-bod, bo struck tho
oreature a sharp blow with a stick, and
out flew a medium-sized toad. Before
the blow, only tho hind-feet of the toad
were visiblo, protruding from tho snake's
mouth.
—A French patent has been granted
for the preparation of leather from tripe,
intestines, and other animal membranes;
these are worked in niilk-of-limo whi:e
still fresh, then washed and immersed iu
water, and finally iu a paste made of
starch and white-of-egg. The substance
thus formed is to be used for glove-mak-
iug, etc. ; tho material may also bo tanned
• curried.
—M. Corenwinder, who for twenty
years pursued in one direction his studies
of vegetal physiology, has proved that the
nocturnal respiration of plants, though
supposed to be exceptional, is, in fact,
perfectly continuous, and constitutes their
onjy true respiration. What hitherto has
boon called diurnal respiration, viz.: tho
absorption of oarbouio acid, the seat of
which is the chlorophyll, instead of beiug
the true respiratory, is a phenomenon of
assimilation aud digestion, us pointed out
by Claude Boruard. Plants ami animals
respire both in the same way.
—Iu an article on Prof. Tyndall’s late (
address, in harper'* Weekly, Mr. Darwiu
is declared to be “the most famous ex
pounder of Evolution.” This, according
to Prof. Yonuian, is ho far from beiug
true, that Mr. Darwiu haa never even at
tempted any such thing. He has devoted
his life to special and important research
es, which boar upon the priuoiple of or
ganic development; but his writings,
though rich iu biological contributions to
tho question, do uot contain anything
like a full or comprehensive exposition of
the subject. Whole tracts of tho inquiry
they do uot touch; the general evidence
of the truth of thu evolution they do not
give; uor do they subject the problem to
that rigorous analysis into its ultimate
elements and factors which scientific in
vestigation reqaires. Mr. Darwin has
showu with great learning bow tbe prin
ciple of nutnral scleotion gives rise to di
versities of orgauio species ; but natural
selection is no moro evolution than a
fusee is a watch, or a throttle-valve a
steam-engine. The doctrine of evolution
received its amplest and earliest complete
statement in the works of Herbert Spen
cer whom Prof. Ilaxley credit*with being
the only complete and systematic state
ment of the dootrinc.
—Somebody says that the first condi
tions of enjoyiug religion is keeping
clean.
—A Yankee oritio, speaking of a very
tall actor, said: “He's tall enough to ast
in two parts.”
—It ia a pitiful sight to see the house
fly get out of bed these mornings and
hang around the eook-atove to warm hia
heels.
—A drawing master who was given to
scolding his pupils, onoe asked one of
them “If yon were to draw me, tail me
what part you would draw first ?” Tho
pupil looked up in his master’s face, aud
quiotly said, “V
An Angel In the Block.
“It is related of Michnol Angelo thnt,
while walkiug with some friends through
nu obscure street iu tho city of Florence,
he discovered a block of flue marble lying
neglected in u yard and hulf in dirt and
rubbish. Regardless of his holiday attire
lie at once fell to work upou it, clearing
away its filth and striving to lift it from
the slime and mire in which it lay. His
companions asked him in astonishment
wlmt be was doing and what bo wanted
of that worthless pieco of rock. ‘Ob,
there's an angel ui this stone,' wus the
answer, ‘and I must get it out.’ Ho had
it removed to his studio and with a pa
tient toil with mallot and chisel, he
brought the augcl out. What to othe'H
was but a rude, uunigUtly stone, to his eye
whs a buried glory of art, aud lie discov
ered at a glance what might bo made of
it. A mason would have put it in a stone
walk ; a curtuiuu would have usr-d it in
filling in or to grade thu stroots, but ho
transformed it into a creation of genius
and gave it a value for ages to come.”
A beautiful at« ry this. And now as to
another application of its mural.
Every human being m»y be likened to
a block of marble just as it comes from
the quarry. Parents, teachers and sur
rounding circumstunces are tho urtiHts,
who chisel, hew, polish, discipline and
duvelopo tho ohm actor of the child. Aud
every child is born with the utliibutes of
both angel and devil. If the unuel lie not
developed, wo inquire wtiy not ? If the
devil—perverted passions aud propensi
ties—be developed instead of the angel—
moral and spiritual sentiments — then
Homebody is to b'linie. Do children take
after their p trouts ? Is there anything iu
hereditary dosheut? Cana child create
hi** own will, spirit, disposition, tenden
cies and character ? Childre n aro blocks
of murble just from the quarry, and the
marble iu the quarry is course or fine.
From u fine quarry we get flue murble,
from a poor quarry poor stone. Pure and
healthy parents will have fine children,
with uugdic tendencies pr> dominating.
Low, coarse, iiupuro, drunken, diseased
persons should not expect much angel in
their childr en. Objectors may point to
seeming objections. We state the luw.
“God is not mocked.” lim laws ure
neither revised nor repealed. Obey and
live. Disobey, you prematurely die.
Parents, look ut those little human
blocks before you. They are subject to
your molding chisel. Your words, your
actions, aye, your very thoughts, aro in
tuitively workiug on those little statues.
You liriug frowns or smiies ou their p an
tic faces at your will; you encourngo or
depress ; you elovatu or you degrade ; you
distort or you beautify ; you make angels
or you make devils.
Do uot shrug your shouldera aud deny
persons! responsibility. You cuiiuot put
the blame all on Adniu, Eve and thu Her-
poUt. That child cumo into existence
through human agency. Its parents were
tho ugeuts. There were prunatei influ
ences ut work which gave shape, tone and
direction to its body and bruin. Lati-r,
the food, the drink, tho quality of the
air it breathed ; thu language, the prayers,
tho music it heard ; the beautiful or the
horrible objects it huw—all had their ef
fect in forming its character. Was it
born in the Five Points of New York, or
tho alums of hoiuo other ciiy ? Were its
parents low vagrants, vagabonds,
criminals, or were they hellish, though
well-to-do citizens? Were they ricn,
purse-proud, self-iudulgcnt, distant,
haughty and domineering ? We pity their
children. Children are expected to re
semble and take after their parents. Oh,
tliut our parents had been what God in-
tended them to liuvu heeu ! Oh, that
may become what He intended us to have
been—finely-chiseled, polished and grace
ful sculptures in marble aud beuutiful
works of human art! But how much
more grand, *l»eatitifnl, graceful and in
comparably angelic are intelligent, kind
ly, loving, just, righto us, noble and godly
men uud women!
Render, lot your studios, ynmr efforts,
your life, bo devoted to developing tho
augcl in the—human—block.
our neck, sir.7
“Is Mike McGloskey in the ranks ?”
asked the cotnmauder-iu-cbief, on the
army stood in line of battle. “Here,
General,” said Mike, stepping to the
front. “Thou let the engagement begin,”
said tbe general. This is the way Mike
tells the story.
—“How do yon like the oharaoter of
St. Paul ?” asked a parson of his landlady
one day. “O, he wm good, clever old
soul, I know, for he once said, you know,
that we must eat what is put before us,
and ask no question for conscience's sake.
I always thought I should like him for •
boarder.”
—The stamp duty on receipts was first
introduced during the short reign of the
administration of “All the Talent*.” Fox
was at this time in pecuniary difficulties,
which led Sheridan to write :—
••I would,” say* Fo_x t “a tax devise
That should not fall
“Thon tax receipts.” Lord North replloi,
••For tho*e you nevor ■eo.”
—Next to a rooater iu a rain-storm, ora
mau with hiu mother-in-law on his arm,
the most wretched-looking thing in the
world is a candidate who baa just over
heard some friend wanting to bet three
to one that he won’t be elected.
—Rev. J. H. Todd, of Bioax City,
played a rather neat little joke on his
wife, the other day. While she was un-
AUHpootiugly engaged ia half-noliug his
winter trousers, ho quietly slipped out of
tho back gnte and eloped with a milliner.
—A Lyons man who went to see Bar-
uuai'i show in Rochester, two yoars ago,
aud lost his umbrella, was anxiously in-
quiring of the ticket agent on Tuesday
(while the tthow was in Lyons) if he know
who found it .—Home Sentinel.
—A pouting bride, ou her first ho a voy
age, writes homo: “The motiou of a
screw steamer ih like ridiug a gigantic
camel that has tbe heart diHouse, and you
do not miss a single throb. I know of
nothing to compare with it for boredom.”
—A young lady and gentleman, aged
respectively 12 aud 13 yoars, wero mar
ried at Gouldtowu, Mioh., last wook.
When lost seen, they were quarreling over
a pound of mixed candies, and throwing
out vague intimations about divoroe.
A young man has been arrested in
New York for sleeping in a standing posi
tion. He would stand on tho htraet for
fonr hours at a stretch, with hia eyes
closed, and uot move a muscle. It ia
hereditary. His father was a policeman.
— HWi. Chron.
—If the times are hard atop your pa
per, but do not shorten your aliowanoo for
whiskey or tobacco. A good paper in a
family it a great comfort to tbe wife and
children, but that ia no reason whv you
should provide them with a weekly luxury
at the expense of a daily necessity.
—The singular statement appears in the
8t. Louis Globe that “General Bheridan
won't marry because ho doesn't want to
;ive up tho privilege of going to bod with
iis bouts on.” The amount of useful in-
—Dr. Richardson, iu a recent able pa
per, maintains the theory of a nervous
ether. lie says: “Pain it the result of
rapid vibration of the nervous ether; and
pain, whether it be called physical or
mental, is the name event. The so-called
physical pain, that which comes from a
blow or a cut, is excessive vibration,
more than the brsin can receive. Tho
so-called mental pain is oxccsdve vibru-
tiou carried through tbe Houses to the
centreH, or excited in tho centres aud
carried to ihe outlets of tho body for re
lief. It in, I think, no figure of speech to
say-that nerves bleed—no figure of speech
to affirm tho phenomena of nervous ex
haustion, of nervous collapse, or nervous
strain, and of uervons overstrain. Under
mental lsbor or emotion nervps bleed as
vessels do—bleed not blood in mass, but
tho richest product of blood. Under vio
lent shock tbe whole nervous atmosphere
is thrown into vehement vibration, the
heart is held fixed by the commotion, and
I
tho fuilure of unimsl force it followed by
sudden and overwhelming prostration.
Those are all clear physical phenomena.
A feeble auiiual chemistry yields a feeble
nervous tension, a powerful chemistry or
action produces over-tension. Tbe inflic
tion of physical pain is followed by tbe
shriek, the Hub, the moan, or thu hard
ting of muscles; tho shrink, tbs sob,
> moan, or the muscular rigor is the
echo of the pain ; it it more, it it tho out
let of tho evil, the excess of vibration re
flected, diverted, given forth. The in
fliction of mental pain it followed by
tears, sighs, and other varied forms of
grief; these are, agaiu, the echoes and
the outlets of the evil.
—A genius living in California made a
nerve and bone-healing salve, and thought
‘ JL *
he would experimentalize a little with it.
He first cut off hit dog’s tail and applied
some of tho salvo to the stump. A new
tail grew out immediately. He then ap<
—Nature H«ys them is one phuso of sur
face geology wli'oh has been Almost wholly
neglected of lat*;; we refer lu the couuec-
tiou between soils and the rock forma
tions from vyhich poili Imve been derived.
It is here posHibly that there ih the widest
field for original jo.-w-uroli. ffi'hat there is
thu most intimate connection between
soils and rock formations i* well known.
In Home places tho veil is tho direct pro
duct of tho di.s;ntegr«i:ion of the underly
ing rock. It more frequently happens,
however, thnt the soil lias nut been derived
from tho rock 011 which it rests, hilt con
sists of drifted material. The study of
this drifted material is most interesting
to the geologist, and ought to be most in
structive to the farmer. It enables the
geologist to understand the direction and
force of former water currents, and thus
throws light 011 obs jure phenomena. A
careful examination of the drift onablot
us to trace the origin of the soil.
Thus, for example, a study of the
htoiicH and peobly particles of the Hoil,
enables us not only to know the rocks from
which it waa derived, at all events pirtly,
but also to understand the rate ut which
plant-food may become liberated on the
soil by the disiiilegiaLioii of thene very
lid pebbh-H. Or. this point a
formation lying around a Western uewa-
> makes circulating libraries a
paper office
uperflnity.
—Boor young thing! she fainted away
at the wash-tub, and her pretty nose
went ker-slop into tbe aoapanda. Home
said it was overwork; others, however,
hispered that her beau had peeped over
the baek fence and called out: “Hullo,
there, Bridget, it Mist Alice at home ?’’—
N. l r . Commercial.
—A woman in New London, Gonn.,
saw her huhband carrying a lady’s satchel,
and she tore tbe lady's dreaa off horbeforo
discovering that it was her mother, who
had dropped down on tho evening train
to surprise her. Every husband iu the
land who is out evenings should road tbia
little item to his wife and hold up the
dangers of her becoming suspicions with
out the best of cause.
—It war iu a MasHiiohtisetfa village that
an old soissors-grinder, calling on a min
ister, made the usual query, “Any RoifiBors
to grind ?” Receiving a negative answer,
it wsh the minister’s turn, which ho took
by asking, “Are yon a man of God ?” “I
do not understand you.” “Aro you pre
pared to die?” Tbe question struck
home. Gathering up his kit aod scramb
ling for the door, he exclaimed, terror-
stricken : “OLor'! O Lor’! you ain't a
going to kill me, are you ?”
Tin and Coppersmiths.
WM. FEE,
Wevktr In Tin, Hheet Iren, Copper.
Order, from abroad j.rompllj lUtundcd to.
J»T No. 174. Broad Htraet.
Confectioners.
I. <1. BTRUPFEK,
Caady Manufacturer
AND DIALS* IN
All kinds of Confectionery and Fruit*,
Stick Candy IB cents.
Hotels.
PLANTERS' HOTEL,
Next to ColnmUna Bank llulldlttg.
i'ortor. at all tho train..
Jaia MRS. W. K. HNIliKK, Propr’*
Livery and Sale Stables.
MOHEItr THVMV.UN,
Lltory. *»l. ud tieku,. .table*.
Ooutuokm, Noam or Randolph 8th.,
•otao Colunit.il., 0^
A. UAMMEL,
Livery aud Main MtablN,
OULRTIIOXl'fc 8?., CoLUAlUUB, UA.
^Particular attention glvan to Folding and bul<
of 8to k.
Bom** *ud UuIm boantod lu .table, by tb*
Fresh Meats.
J. W. PATRICK,
Stall* No. I and IB, Market House.
Kro.h Moat, of «?«ry kind uud brat tjimlity
J. T. COOK,
Freak Meats of All Kluda,
Hi.II. N-hi, lft wild
Cun and Locksmiths.
PHILIP EIFLER,
Oun and hork.witli, Crawford *tr««t,
Jolni.oii'. rornor, Ctdiuiibii.. Ua.
WILLIAM SCUOHEK,
tiuu and Lock.mltb and dnalor In (Junuing Ma
terial.. Ojijiortitu Liiqulrvr oilici
Grocers.
DAN’LK. BIIE,
Dealer In family Orocerlea, on Rrjran street, be
tween Oglethorpe A Jackuou atrueta.
ay No charge for dmjragr.
Lawyers.
JOSEF, r. POO,
Attorney at Law,
and Judge of Connty Co art.
Practice. In all other Court*.
Office over .tore of W. IT. Hobart, k Go., Broad ft*
Jailft
SAMVEL B. HATCHER,
Attorney *1 Law,
Office over Wlttleh k KIbmI’*.
J. M. MoNEILL,
Attorney nnd Counsellor at Law.
Practicta In court* of fleorgla and Alabama.
Office IttH llroad Bt., (oyer C. A. Redd 4 Co.’.)
8|M>cial attention given to collections. Jail
IlftlRAM A CRAWFORDS,
Attorneys at Law,
Will practlco In the State and Federal Court* of
. .; ?n
llroad and Bt. Olalr Btp.
A. A. ROSIER,
Attorney nnd Cnnnaellnr at Law,
Practices in Btate and Fedavol Court* In Georgia
and Alabama.
'Office 126 Broad Bt., Colmabtt*, Oa. JaS
Mask n. Blandvoed. Loom P. Oakoabd.
BLAND FORD * QARRARD,
Attorneys nnd Conaaollors at Law,
Office No. 67 Broad atraet, over Wlttleh k Kin-
■el’. Jew.lry Store.
Will practice lu tlio State and Federal Court*.
Ja*. M. Kii.mill. On as. J. Bwirt.
RUMMELL A SWIFT,
Attorney, and Oouu.ullor. at Law. Will practlco
iu the Court* of Georgia (Chattahoochee Circuit)
«l A labatua. Office oyer 0. A. Hodd A Co.’, .tore,
llroad atruet, Columbu., Ga.
J*1
Ita T. DOWRIES,
Attorney nnd Solicitor.
r Brook.’ Drug Store, Columbu., Ua.
PEABODY A BRANNON,
Attorneys at law.
Orric* oris J. Hnnis A Co.’* ftou, Bsoad Br.,
npylR] Won Bias.
B. J. MOSES,
Attorney nnd Counsellor at Law,
Builders and Architects
J. II. HAMILTON,
Wholesale nnd Retell Grocer,
Junction of Franklin, Warren A Oglethor|>o Ht*
barge h»r dravtae.
Barber Shop..
LOUIS WELLS' SHAVING SALOON,
(Hiiccon.nr to II. iloni-A,)
Under Georgia Home Insurance Building.
Prompt aud pollio trnrbcr. lit attendance.
ED. TERRY, Barber,
Crawford Bt., under Haukiu llou.e, Columbu
Cotton Factories.
Shooting*, Skirtings, and Hewing aud
Knitting Thread.
Card. Wool aud Grind. Wheat and Corn-
Offlc. In rear of Wlttleh A Klnsel'., ltuudol|di at.
K. II. OIIII.TON, President.
JalH
MMK’OUEE MAN UP A PTERIN td CO.
Manufacturer, of
8IIKKTINO8, 8I11RTING8,
TARN, ROPK, Ac.
GOLUMDUB, GA.
G. P. BWirT, President.
W. A. HWIIT, Secretary k Treasurer. octal ly.
Plano Tuning, Ac.
E. w. BLAU,
Repairer ami Tuner of Piano#., Organ.
Accordeon*. Sign Painting also do
en
Book Ht<
Watchmakers.
C. SCUOMIICKO,
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler,
8uci.uH.ur to 1,. Giitow«ky,
U)o Jlroud Ntreet,
Jail Columbus, Oa.
Tho gorrilla at tbe Cincinnati Expo-
itaa to the Small Talk : “I hear
word of « X|)’
I offc
fertile foil at nay timo
we uhall find that only a very Hinall por
tion of its KuhHtanne (acldum more than
one per cent.) ih iu a condition fit for
nonmhing our crops, the groat bulk of
itt Hubhtance being locked up iu a condi
tion at tho moment unavailable. Ry tho
action of air, of moixture, of beat, aud of
manure, part of thin unavailable matter
bocomet available for oropn. It ia ou
the rate at which the procesH of ditinte-
gration—or liberation of plant-food—
taken place that the natural power of
production of (be noil < hiefiy depends.
I'lta ntn<t * “ *
nition writes
that a good many pooplo in thin town aro
making disparaging remarks about me
becauHQ I haven't got ou any clothes.
Tbit it the first time I have ever met with
nnch treatment, aud to a perHun of my
frail, Heusitive peculiarities, it cronhes
like a pile-driver. I even wish that 1
wero dead. If you publish this, Bond me
l’be study of agricultural geology from
plied aome to the piece of tail wbieh he I thin point of view i* manifestly of tho
out off, and a new dog grew out. Ho did I highest scientific) and practical iuipor-
not know which dog wan which. | tanco,
Gobbilla.
—Mark Twain, nt a recent compliment,
ary dinner to Cornelius Walford, a Lon
don Insurance officer, aaid: There ia
nothing more beuifioent than aooident in
surance. I bavo aeon an entire family
lifted out of poverty and into influence by
the airnple boon of a broken leg. 1 bavo
had people to ootno to mo ou crntcheH,
with tears in their eyes, to bloHt their be
neficent institution. In all my experience
of life I have seen nothing su seraphic as
the look that oomeM into a freshly mutila
ted man’s face when he fools .in bit vent
pocket vBitli bis remaining band and finds
nil uccideut ticket all right. Aud I have
soeu nothing so bad as the look that came
into another splintered oa*tomer's face,
wboo he fouud ho couldu’t collect on a
wooden leg.
—A Kentucky farmer aayfl that three
good bulldogs roaming the yards nights
will do more to keep a in. 11 honest than
all the talking iu tbe world.
—Tbit is a specimen of Cincinnati
pootry:
S'-o saw him on hi* bright blae stood
A dusting down tba road.
And pit a pat, and pit a pat
liar little hc&rtlet good;
And soft idie RohPerod to herself,
"Though swift his pace. be.
He eannot kite so fa*t but what
My heart keep* up with ho.”
—A Down East clergyman recently lost
two pairs of rubbers wrapped up in a* cir
cus poster. He ia oarefnl to state that
the poster waa aeoond-hond.
—Tbe Peoria woman who wanted to
throw herself Into hor husband's grave a
fow mouths ago, haa juat married a light
ning-rod mau.
C. if. LEUI/IN,
Watchmaker,
1.(4 Broad ntreet, Culufnhtii', Un.
Wntcho. nnd Clock. lupairud iu tho l>e«i 1.
Tobacco, Clears, Ice.
MAIF.R DORN.
If you want to enjoy u go id .moke, go t
Jut
€. LOPEZ,
Denier flia and MtaiMarwctnrer of Flu
Cigars,
Near Broad 8tr««‘t l)u|»ot.
Doctors.
DR. J. A. ERREllART,
Office removed to the Drug Stoie of E. O.
Hood to Brother.
Sleeping apartment at former rosldenoe, on
the corner of Randolph uud McIntosh .reel*,
oppoidto tho residence of Mr. Win. Reach.
•op6
DU. ft. B. LAW.
Ofllco coruef Broad and Randolph street., It«i
building.
Rf'.ldeneo ou Forsyth, thrim door, below Bt. Clair.
Dentists.
feb22 daw
COLEMBEft DENTAL KttOMft,
Tailors.
G. A. KCEIIXK,
Merchant Tailor aud Cutter.
A full stock of French *ud Knitli.h llryaddoth
Caxaiui' ft*, au 1 ’ 1
aprlO
IIKNItY NKLLMAN.
Cutting, Cleaning aud Repairing
llouo in Ihe best fctyle.
*pcX4I
r Crawford mid From Si*
Dross-Making.
Mimu m. A. H.LMIOIWMTR,
Dn-M-Making, Cutting aud Fitting,
heaidiucc aud.hop l
00? 16
J. «. CHALMERS,
Heaae Carpenter nnd Bnlldev.
Jobbing done at short notiee.
'Plan, and specification, furnished for oil styles
to 0. W. Brown's,
laO
Oolnmhu., Ga.
Boots and Ihoei.
WELLS A CURTIN,
No. 73 IS rood St., Sign of the Big Boot,
DSALKBS IM
Boots nnd Bhoea, Leather nnd Findings.
Dy mull
llldes.
N. B.—Plasterer*' Hair always on hand.
in,
Boot and Shoemaker.
WM. MCYJW,
Boot nnd Shonaoaker.
Dealer in Leather aud Findings. Next to 0. A.
edit 4 Co.’s. Prompt aud strict attention gl?*n
> order*. fall
Painters.
WM. MNOW, JK., A CO.,
Uonoo nnd Sign Pointers,
Old Oglethorpe corner, (Ju*t north of poetoffloe)
Columbus, Georgia.
Kofor t
[aprS
HOTELS.
Rankin House,
Columbus, Ga.
i. W. BY AN, Prop’r.
Fun Golden, Clerk.
Ruby Restaurant,
Bar and Billiard 8aloon«
Cmdcb th* Bamkik Home.
BjM diwtr J. W. RYAM, Prap’r.
11711 HOWARD H0U8E, J1I74
BROAD .TRRBT,
Eufaula, Alabama.
J. W. HOWARD. Prop’r.
LAWYERS.
FERN M. WOOD,
.Attorney at Law,
w
Opelika, Alabama,
ILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES
•ell, tbo Supreme Court of Alabama, and in
the United States District Court at Mont
gomery. seplft dkwQaol
HINES DOZIER,
Attorney at Lav,
HAMILTON, UA.,
W ILL practlco lu the Chattahoochee Olroait
or auy where else. All kind of colleotloas
W. A. Farlev,
Lttorno3rw*t a Xs*W
GUSSET A. Ohattahooohes Co., Ga. ^
l attention clven to aoHeotloas^^
rSjrecUlj
l >r. T. W. HENTZ,
Sonttat,
W1
wenkp, where ho will be glad to
any of hia friends who may need h
services.
83 AND 85 BROAD STREER:
W
OOD OASES AND CASKETS,
IMITATION Rii.SEWOOD C
METALLIC CASES andO.
tpfe O
ftcir-ftenllng Coses nud Casl
White Cases
For beauty of design, style of
abovo goods are uunurpassed by
the market. Prices as low *
other party In this section.
Also, cheap Pino Coffins Olwfegt Oft feftftd.
Air Night boll at front door.
ROONEY 4 WARNER,
*«l'“ *“> OaWRBm, Oa.
•RTH,
T«.*w 1
i)tk. I
W. W. SHARP. * 00.,
PubiieRers* Agents
U.. *# Put Bow, New York,
Af- MlkulHi ta CMtiMt tar A«-
v.rti*tac la Mr
tayLA U